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Explain the 26th Amendment.

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The 26th amendment lowered the legal age for people to vote from 21 to 18. The debate of it started during WW2 and became more intese during the Vietnam War. It began as a slogan, stating that if you're old enough to fight in the war you should be old enough to vote. Georgia was the first state to lower it's voting age in 1943, and the other states followed suite.

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Answer: The 26TH Amendment is the right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of age.

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